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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people of Baucis have:
(a) A desire to share their knowledge with their neighbors.
(b) Everything they need in the clouds.
(c) Nothing left in their storage silos.
(d) Incomparable courage and determination.

2. What does a traveler arriving to Baucis see?
(a) Rope bridges.
(b) Slender stilts.
(c) Blue arches.
(d) Golden stairs.

3. By dissecting each city, what is Polo is trying to explain to Khan?
(a) That not every city within the empire is relevant.
(b) That beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(c) That there is good and bad within each city.
(d) That each city exists outside of its inhabitants and location.

4. When Polo speaks of Zemrude, one of the views he offers is filled with:
(a) Staircases that go nowhere.
(b) Gutters, fish scales, and trash.
(c) Old men and women with vacant eyes.
(d) Beggars, thieves, and tax collectors.

5. Who are the Penates and the Lares?
(a) The two main tribes of Ersilia.
(b) The guardians of Baucis.
(c) The two species that protect the people of Leandra.
(d) The ancestors of Melania's inhabitants.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?

2. The strings of Ersilia come in different colors. What do these colors represent?

3. What does Polo say he gauges everywhere he travels to?

4. What city is found 80 miles northwest of Zenobia?

5. Where do the people of Isaura find water?

(see the answer key)

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